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BUCKLE.

No. 364,245. Patented June47, 1887 nay-Java N PETERS. Fhnlo-Lalhnumpher. Washinglun, D. C.

- Application filed December 16, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

WILLIAM HAMILTON HALL, OF REDHILL, COUNTY OF SURREY, ENGLAND.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364, 245, dated June '7, 1887.

Serial No. 185,813.

November26, i885, No. 172,545; in Germany November 28, 1885, No. 37,151, and in Belgium November 30,1885, No. 71,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAMILTON HALL, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain, and residing at Redhill, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented a new and useful Improved Strap-Fastener or Buckle, (for which I have obtained patents in the following countries, namely: Great Britain, No. 1,299, January 29, 1885; France, No. 172,545, November 26, 1885; Germany, No. 37,151, November 28, 1885, and Belgium, No. 71,049, Novembcr30,1885,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention (which is for straps without holes) consists in making a buckle in two parts, the said parts ha ing a loose sliding connection the one with the other, and being formed and arranged in manner following, viz: One of the said two parts consists of a bar or plate or other suitable means for attaching one end of the strap, connected by side portions with a bar around which the other or loose end of the strap is drawn for the purpose of adjustment, (hereinafter called adjustment-bar No. 1.) The other of the said two parts consists of a bar which may be modified to the form of a vertical edge, which may be serrated or may be of other form suit able to its purpose, (hereinafter called the holding-ban) connected by side portions also with an adjustment-bar, (hereinafter called adjustment-bar No. 2,) and on its opposite side with a third or tail bar, all the said bars of the said two parts being transverse and parallel with one another. The said two parts are formed and connected in such a manner that they slide the one Within the other, and are so arranged that adjustment-bar No. 1 lies upon and above adjustment-bar No. 2. It is necessary that the holding-bar and adjustment-bar No. 2 should not be too far apart, space only being allowed between thetwo to admit freely the strap.

The tailbar, hereinbefore referred to, may be made as a portion of either part of the buckle,

Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a side eleva' tion, of a strap-fastener or buckle constructed according to my invention and in which the tail bar is formed on the portion of the buckle which includes, also, adjustment-bar No. 2 and the holdiugbar and is level with the latter, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the buckle, showing the two ends of a strap fastened thereby. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3, but showing a buckle having the holding-bar in the form of a vertical edge which is slightly elevated, and having the tail-bar above the level of the holding-bar. Fig. 5 is a plan of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side elevation, and Fig. 7 a plan, of a buckle in. which the tail-bar is formed on the portion of the buckle which .includes, also, adjustment-bar No. 1 and the bar for attaching the strap. Fig. Sis a detached plan View of the holding and lower adjustment bars, and Fig. 9 is a plan of a metal blank from which they can be formed. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section showing the two ends of a strap fastened by the buckle shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Similar letters in all the figures represent similar or corresponding parts. v

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A and B rep resent the two parts forming the improved buckle or strap tastener, the said parts sliding loosely one within the other. a is the bar forming a portion of the part A, to which bar one end, b, of the strap is fastened, as shown in Fig. 3, by sewing or other suitable means. 0 c are the side portions connecting the bar a with the adjnstmentbar No. 1 (shown at d) by means of the continuations of the ends e of the bar a. g is the holding-bar formed on the part B of the buckle, and g g are the side portions connecting the bar 9 with the adjustment-bar N0. 2 (shown at h) and with the tailbar z opposite. It will thus be seen that the two parts A and B can slide one within the other, and that the adj ustment-bar (2 lies upon and above the other adjustment-bar, h. The side portions, 0, of the part A extend for a short distance past the ends a of the bar a, as shown at j, in order. to prevent the adjustment-bar d rising and to give strength to the side portions, 9.

To make use of a buckle or strap-fastener of this construction, one end, 0, of the strap 'is attached to the bar a on the part A of the buckle, as hereinbefore described, and the two parts A and B are by the intervention of the attached strap prevented from becoming disconnected. The loose end f of the strap is then inserted under both the adj ustment-bars d and h and between the same and the holding-bar g and drawn to the position required for fastenlng.

The strap can be drawn to any position, and will be prevented from slipping back by being pressed between the adjustment-bar d and the holding-bar 1, the action of the buckle being made effectual by the adjustment-bar h in its position beneath the adj ustment-bar d. The bar 72, while affording for the strap a. means of interlacement with the part B of the buckle, permits the'adjustmentbar (Z to be freely actuated in an opposite direction by the tension of the fixed end I) of the strap. To complete the fastening, the loose end f of the strap is inserted under the tail-bar i and is drawn into the position shown in Fig. 3.

The buckle or strap-fastener illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 is similar in construction to that hereinbefore described and shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, with the exceptions that the holdingbar 9 is in the form of a vertical edge, which is slightly elevated above the sides 9 of the part B, and the sides 9 are turned upward at one end so as to raise the tail-bar i also above the level of the same. By these means I am enabled to make the buckle more secure and compact. The extension j of the sides 0 of the part A are in this case dispensed with.

In the buckle or strap-fastener shown in Figs. 6 to 10 the tail-bar is formed on the part A instead of on the part B, which is constructed from a metal blank of the shape shown in Fig. 9. The ends e of the blank are turned up and over, so as to clip the sides 0 of the part A, and the holding-bar g is formed by cutting the metal at the part shown in dotted lines and turning the said part upward into the position shown in Fig. 8. The action of the buckle is substantially the same as that hereinbefore described and shown in Figs. 1 to 5, and will therefore need no further de scription.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is ,to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- In combination, the piece A, having the parts (I and a, and the piece B, having the parts h g and the bar t', these parts being applied to each other and arranged to operate as shown and described.

WM. HAMILTON HALL.

Witnesses:

' G. F. REDFERN, A. ALBUTT. 

